In 1913, Lord Haldane, the then-Lord Chancellor, prepared two bills which were intended to improve conveyancing.

These bills were later consolidated into one, which intended to create "a complete, indivisible and indestructible ownership of the fee simple".

[1] This bill also aimed to give every proprietor the power to sell land with good title to a purchaser for value in a way which would override any subordinate interests which were not protected by a caution or inhibition.

A committee was appointed in 1919, headed by Sir Leslie Scott, to report to the Lord Chancellor on land transfer.

[2] This Lands Requisition Committee proposed a bill, which was introduced to Parliament in 1920 by Lord Birkenhead.